Ugashik Airport

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Ugashik Airport

| image =

| IATA = UGS

| ICAO =

| FAA = 9A8

| type = Public

| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region

| operator =

| city-served = Ugashik, Alaska

| location =

| elevation-f = 25

| website =

| coordinates = {{coord|57|31|24|N|157|23|46|W|region:US-AK_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = USA Alaska

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska

| pushpin_label = UGS

| pushpin_label_position = left

| r1-number = 6/24

| r1-length-f = 3,100

| r1-surface = Gravel

| stat-year = 2009

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 1,450

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=9A8|use=PU|own=PU|site=50790.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.

}}

Ugashik Airport {{airport codes|UGS||9A8}} is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Ugashik, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.

{{cite web

| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf

| title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = PDF, 2.03 MB

| work =

| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010

}}

Facilities and aircraft

Ugashik Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 25 feet (8 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with a gravel surface measuring 3,100 by 60 feet (945 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2009, the airport had 1,450 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per month: 52% general aviation and 48% air taxi.

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